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5 Ways to Optimize AJAX in Ruby on Rails

2. July 2007

132Comments2007-07-02+08%3A42%3A15Shanti+Braford

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.- Arthur C. Clarke When Google first unveiled GMail, then GMaps, a firestorm of interest and activity was generated — not just in those Google applications, but the technologies that powered them. These web programming techniques (now, of course, known collectively as AJAX) have become incredibly popular, especially among Web [...]

The Basics of Ruby Arrays

7. May 2006

164CommentsThe+Basics+of+Ruby+Arrays2006-05-07+06%3A00%3A27Geoff+Grosenbach

An array is a list of items in order (like vitamins, minerals, and chocolates). Those keeping score at home might be interested to know that the Rails website framework makes 771 calls to Array.each, 558 calls to Array.map, and 1,521 calls to Array.empty?, not to mention the 2,103 times it accesses a single element inside an [...]

Cut Your Coding Time

30. April 2006

61CommentsCut+Your+Coding+Time2006-04-30+07%3A00%3A28Gillian+Carson

Download the MP3 (6.6 MB) In this 12 minute audio training clip, David Heinemeier Hansson (37Signals & Ruby on Rails) discusses how Ruby on Rails makes coding easier, quicker and happier, by creating common conventions. This session is from the 1-day event The Future of Web Apps, hosted by Carson Workshops.

Training: Ruby Basics

9. April 2006

80CommentsTraining%3A+Ruby+Basics2006-04-09+10%3A15%3A58Geoff+Grosenbach

Download the MP3 In this valuable primer to Ruby, Geoff covers everything you need to know to get rockin’ with Ruby. Geoff discusses the following topics: Objects in Ruby Instance variables Model View Controllers in Ruby Constants Symbols Types of Strings Class variables Data structures: Hash tables Multi-level hashes Class inheritance Meta programming Getter and Setter methods This session is from the 1-day workshop Getting Started with Rails, hosted by [...]